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travel-consultant Occupational skill for the role 'travel consultant' (also: tourism promotion agent, business travel consultant, business travel advisor, leisure travel consultant, travel advisor). Use when the user asks for typical travel consultant work such as: Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages.; Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer.; Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.

Travel Consultant

Travel consultants provide customised information and consultation on travel offers, make reservations and sell travel services together with other related services.

Core workflow

  1. Record and maintain information on clients, vendors, and travel packages.
  2. Collect payment for transportation and accommodations from customer.
  3. Converse with customer to determine destination, mode of transportation, travel dates, financial considerations, and accommodations required.
  4. Compute cost of travel and accommodations, using calculator, computer, carrier tariff books, and hotel rate books, or quote package tour's costs.
  5. Book transportation and hotel reservations, using computer or telephone.
  6. Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers.
  7. Provide customer with brochures and publications containing travel information, such as local customs, points of interest, or foreign country regulations.
  8. Print or request transportation carrier tickets, using computer printer system or system link to travel carrier.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • advertise travel insurance
  • apply foreign languages in tourism
  • build a network of suppliers in tourism
  • customise travel package
  • devise tailor-made tourism itineraries
  • ecotourism
  • educate on sustainable tourism
  • geographical areas relevant to tourism
  • guarantee customer satisfaction
  • handle customer complaints
  • identify customer's needs
  • maintain customer records
  • maintain customer service
  • maintain relationship with suppliers
  • measure sustainability of tourism activities

Hot technologies

  • Intuit QuickBooks
  • SAP Concur
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Zoom
  • Microsoft Word

Hot technologies

Top tools from 42 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-20):

  • Amadeus — 12 %
  • Sabre — 12 %
  • Microsoft Office — 7 %

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/291da1ab-1f90-426d-bbc5-60d0fa7d608b), ONET 30.3 (41-3041.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*